Jesus P. Cammayo, Ceso II, Oic - Assistant Secretary, Pbac Chairman for Civil Works and Construction, Equipment, Department of Public Works and Highways, Dpwh Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, Philippines

99 -- PHILIPPINES: S1622 Construction the government of the republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Public Works and Highways (Dpwh), invites interested contractors to apply for prequalification and, if prequalified, to bid for the edsa/ pasay Road - ayala avenue interchange project metro Manila interchange Construction project I makati, metro Manila Philippines the application for prequalification is open to local contractors registered and lassified by the inter-agency committee on registration and classification of contractors as quote large, sub-class B unquote for bridges and similar structures with an allowable range of contract cost of above pesos 3 million without upper limit and to Foreign contractors from eligible source countries which are all the developing countries as defined in 1 1 (B) of the memorandum of understanding on untying bilateral Development loans in favour of Procurement in developing countries among the eight (8) members of the Development assistance committee on June 7, 1974 and all member countries of the organization for economic cooperation and Development (oecd), licensed in their own country and certified by their respective embassies/consulates that they are bonafide qualified contractors local eligible contractors are enjoined to team up as a quote joint venture unquote (two or three firms together) for this project at least one of the firms should be well experienced in the Construction of quote reinforced soil-cement diaphragm wall unquote and should have available equipment for the said specialized Construction, including quote tri-axis augers unquote one of the firms in the joint venture May be a Foreign firm with the capability, experience and equipment for the said specialized Construction, either as a quote member-firm unquote or as quote a nominated subcontractor unquote eligible Foreign contractors are enjoined to team up with one or more eligible local contractor-firms as a quote joint venture unquote for this project the contract Works include mainly the following Construction or Works viaduct structure for left turning traffic from ayala avenue to edsa (northbound) consisting of cast-in-place deck slab on pc hollow slab girders and ps box girders number of spans 18 @ 22.00 M/span - pc hollow slab girders 3 no. 35.50 M/span - ps box - - - girders (on-curve) number of lanes 2 @ 3.25 M/lane retaining wall structure standard/special and L type retaining Walls; - depressed lanes of edsa (for through traffic in both directions) across its intersection with pasay Road only and depressed lanes of edsa (for through traffic) across its intersection with pasay Road all the way through to and across its intersection with ayala avenue and vice versa (the depressed lanes will be of reinforced concrete payment);-at-grade lanes of edsa, which will be of bituminous concrete pavement and constructed on TOP of the composite slab of the quote cover structure unquote; practically the entire Area of the existing pc concrete pavement of edsa within the project limits will be removed and a huge volume of earth excavation will be undertaken but mostly only after the cover structure has been completed; - cover structure the cover structure (over the depressed lanes) consists essentially of precast ps beams laid side by side in a deck in groups of 20 M, 25 M and 30 M with each group prestressed transversely as a monolithic composite slab the cover structure rests on soil- cement diaphragm Walls (reinforced with precast panels) and auger-cast columns, copped with precast prestressed sleepers a bituminous concrete pavement is to be constructed on TOP of the cover structure to carry at- grade traffic; electro-mechanical Works including V entilation system, pumping system for drainage of depressed carriageway, street lighting system, and traffic signal system; - drainage system; - relocation of mwss pipe (1050 mm dia ); and - traffic management during Construction the project is partly financed by the overseas economic cooperation fund (oecf) of Japan under loan agreement ph-P102 and the government of the Philippines (gop) the contract Works are estimated to cost pesos 850 million (usdlr 1 00 equals pesos 25.00). Implementation of the contract Works is expected to twenty five (25) months interested contractors shall signify their intent by letter or cable not later than 06 March 1995 and shall submit their duly-accomplished prequalification documents to the Chairman, prequalification, bids and Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, Philippines, not later than 5 00 P.M. on 05 April 1995. Prequalification forms and instruction to applicants shall be issued to each interested contractor by the Pbac at the aforecited address upon presentation of his letter of intent and payment of a non-refundable fee of pesos 500 00. Prequalified and predisqualified contractors will be notified accordingly on or about 02 May 1995 the prequalified contractors May obtain the bid documents from the urban Road projects office (urpo), Dpwh, 2ND street, Port Area, Manila, Philippines, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of pesos 500 00. The Pbac will receive sealed bids in the prescribed forms from the prequalified contractors before July 1995 date of bid opening will be announced later. All particulars relative to prequalification, bid bond, performance bond, pre-bid conference, bid evaluation and award of contract shall be governed by the provisions of loan agreement no ph-P102 between the republic of the Philippines and oecf of Japan, P D. no. 1594 and its implementing rules and regulations as amended, and other applicable rules and regulations bid opening 05051995 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Manila, APO Ap 96440, Refer to T0034.. (0062)

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